Ei Kawakami

Un policier violent est aux prises à la fois avec sa hiérarchie et un gang dirigé par le truand Kiyohiro. Kitano réalise ce premier film où il devait seulement tenir le premier rôle, par hasard. A la suite de la défection du metteur en scene, il accepte de mettre en scène "Violent Cop" en remaniant considérablement le scénario. D'une histoire policière classique, il ne garde que la trame et concentre son attention sur le personnage principal qu'il incarne: un antihéros solitaire et à contre-courant.

After spending over half his life in prison, ex-hitman Kunihiro is determined to go straight. But the shortcomings of the new gangs mean that he is soon having to call on his old-school yakuza talents. And when he falls for Asako, a beautiful piano player, she unknowingly ignites a fire within Kuni that will immolate everything and everybody around him. Regarded by many as his masterpiece, Onibi has all the hallmarks of a Mochizuki film, with the gangster elements tightly compressed and controlled to allow space in which a subdued romance can bloom. Coming from a background in porno cinema, this master of sexual relations injects a fresh passion and tension into the macho world of the yakuza film.

Special Rescue Exceedraft is the last part of the Rescue Heroes Trilogy in Toei Company's Metal Hero Series of superhero TV series. It was aired in Japan from February 2, 1992 to January 24, 1993. The series was initially conceived as taking place in a new continuity, leading to weaker ties to Solbrain and Winspector.